Can God replace the actual world by a better one?

Philosophical Papers 20 (3):183-192 (1991)
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This paper has been superseded by Chapter 5 (especially section 5.4) of my book "God, the Best, and Evil" (OUP 2008). The chapter, like the journal article, is concerned with objections to the existence of God that are based on the apparent improvability of the world, yet are independent of the problem of evil.

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New perspectives on old-time religion.George N. Schlesinger - 1988 - New York: Oxford University Press.

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